Consumer Health Information
"Consumer Health Information" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Information intended for potential users of medical and healthcare services. There is an emphasis on self-care and preventive approaches as well as information for community-wide dissemination and use.
| Descriptor ID |
D054626
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.233.332.186 N02.421.726.407.229
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Consumer Health Information".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Consumer Health Information" by people in this website by year, and whether "Consumer Health Information" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Consumer Health Information" by people in Profiles.
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Shen OY, Pratap JS, Li X, Chen NC, Bhashyam AR. Reply to the Letter to the Editor: How Does ChatGPT Use Source Information Compared With Google? A Text Network Analysis of Online Health Information. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2024 08 01; 482(8):1512-1513.
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Kalavar M, Hubschman S, Hudson J, Kuriyan AE, Sridhar J. Evaluation of Available Online Information Regarding Treatment for Vitreous Floaters. Semin Ophthalmol. 2021 Feb 17; 36(1-2):58-63.
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Goulbourne T, Yanovitzky I. The Communication Infrastructure as a Social Determinant of Health: Implications for Health Policymaking and Practice. Milbank Q. 2021 03; 99(1):24-40.
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Para A, Thelmo F, Rynecki ND, Zelman B, Gupta R, Coban D, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Ippolito JA, Agarwal N, Moore JM, Beebe KS. Evaluating the Readability of Online Patient Education Materials Related to Orthopedic Oncology. Orthopedics. 2021 Jan 01; 44(1):38-42.
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Majnemer A, Leblanc A, Faust L, Costello C, Thomson D, Goldowitz D, Miller SP. Knowledge Empowers: Responding to the Knowledge Needs of Youth with Disabilities and Families during the Pandemic. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2020; 40(5):487-490.
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Pier MM, Pasick LJ, Benito DA, Alnouri G, Sataloff RT. Otolaryngology-related Google Search trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 Nov - Dec; 41(6):102615.
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Chiang AL. Social media and medicine. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 05; 17(5):256-257.
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Kamath P, Zheng R, Narasimman M, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Hansberry D, Agarwal N, Koch E. Evaluation of online patient education materials concerning skin cancers. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jan; 84(1):190-191.
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Schwarzbach HL, Mady LJ, Kaffenberger TM, Duvvuri U, Jabbour N. Quality and Readability Assessment of Websites on Human Papillomavirus and Oropharyngeal Cancer. Laryngoscope. 2021 01; 131(1):87-94.
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Blackburn J, Fischerauer SF, Talaei-Khoei M, Chen NC, Oh LS, Vranceanu AM. What are the Implications of Excessive Internet Searches for Medical Information by Orthopaedic Patients? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Dec; 477(12):2665-2673.